WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER INCLUDING MINIATURIZED INVERTER FOR REDUCING HARMONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20230094440A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17956443

    申请日:2022-09-29

    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an example wireless power transmitter may include a transistor configured to output an amplified signal based on an input signal and a driving voltage, a first capacitor coupled to the transistor in parallel, a first LC resonant circuit coupled to the transistor in parallel and including a first inductor and a second capacitor coupled to the first inductor in series, a third capacitor having a first end coupled to an output terminal of the transistor and the first LC resonant circuit, a feeding coil coupled to a second end of the third capacitor in series, and having at least a part configured to form a second LC resonant circuit with the third capacitor, and a transmission resonator including a transmission coil and a fourth capacitor coupled to the transmission coil in series. At least a part of the transmission coil may be magnetically coupled with the feeding coil, and at least a part of power received from the feeding coil may be output to an outside through the transmission resonator.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230040473A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17970216

    申请日:2022-10-20

    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a resonance circuit which comprises a battery, a coil and a capacitor, and receives power wirelessly; a rectifier which rectifies AC power, provided from the resonance circuit, to DC power; a DC/DC converter which converts and outputs the DC power provided from the rectifier; a charger which charges the battery by using the converted power provided from the DC/DC converter; a first OVP circuit which selectively connects the coil to the capacitor; a second OVP circuit which is connected in parallel to the first OVP circuit; a detection circuit which detects a rectified voltage; a control circuit; and a communication circuit, wherein the control circuit, on the basis that the detected rectified voltage is equal to or greater than a first threshold voltage, controls the first OVP circuit so as to be in an off state so that the coil is not connected to the capacitor, and on the basis that the detected rectified voltage is less than a second threshold voltage, controls the first OVP circuit so that the first OVP circuit is switched from the off state to an on state so that the coil is connected to the capacitor, wherein the second threshold voltage may be smaller than the first threshold voltage.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING MATCHING CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING HARMONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20230170743A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18070854

    申请日:2022-11-29

    CPC classification number: H02J50/70 H02J50/12

    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter may include a power amplifier configured to output an amplified signal based on an input signal and a driving voltage, a first LC resonant circuit connected in parallel to the power amplifier, a matching circuit, and a transmission coil connected to the matching circuit. The matching circuit may include a second LC resonant circuit including a first inductor and a first capacitor connected in series to the first inductor, and having one end connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier and one end of the first LC resonant circuit, and a second capacitor and a third capacitor respectively connected to the other end of the second LC resonant circuit. The first inductor may be configured to have an inductance value leading to an impedance of the second LC resonant circuit equal to or greater than a first predetermined magnitude at at least one second or higher harmonic frequency of an operating frequency of the input signal.

    ANNULAR RESONATOR AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER INCLUDING ANNULAR RESONATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230053209A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17886029

    申请日:2022-08-11

    Abstract: An annular resonator and a wireless power transmitter are provided. The annular resonator includes upper and lower surfaces, outer and inner surfaces arranged along an annular shape, a plurality of conductors, and a plurality of capacitors connected to the plurality of conductors, respectively. Each conductor includes a first section arranged on the upper surface, a second section extending from the first section and arranged on the outer surface, a third section extending from the second section and arranged on the lower surface, and a fourth section extending from the third section and arranged on the inner surface. A first section of each of a first conductor, a second conductor, a third conductor, and a fourth conductor are sequentially arranged along the upper surface. A second section of each of the second conductor, the third conductor, the fourth conductor, and the first conductor are sequentially arranged along the outer surface.

    METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING ADAPTIVE IMPEDANCE MATCHING

    公开(公告)号:US20220006333A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17448256

    申请日:2021-09-21

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system which simulates functions such as cognition, judgment, and the like of the human brain by utilizing machine learning algorithms such as deep learning and the like, and to an application thereof. According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a first impedance matching circuit configured to perform a first impedance matching on a power signal wirelessly received from a wireless power transmission device; a second impedance matching circuit configured to perform a second impedance matching on the first impedance-matched power signal using any one impedance value among a plurality of impedance values; a control circuit configured to perform control to change an impedance value of the second impedance matching circuit to an impedance value learned using an impedance matching network model, corresponding to a power and a frequency of the second impedance-matched power signal; and a power conversion circuit configured to convert a second impedance-matched power signal in an AC form into a power in a DC form for charging a battery according to the changed impedance value.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS CHARGING IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210376668A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17330932

    申请日:2021-05-26

    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for controlling wireless charging in the electronic device. An electronic device includes: a sensor, a battery, a resonance circuit configured to wirelessly receive power, a rectification circuit configured to rectify an alternating current (AC) power provided from the resonance circuit into a direct current (DC) power, a DC/DC converter configured to convert the DC power provided from the rectification circuit to output a converted power, a charging control circuit configured to charge the battery using the converted power provided from the DC/DC converter, and a controller, and the controller may be configured to: identify movement information of the electronic device corresponding to a value sensed via the sensor, identify a voltage value of the DC power rectified via the rectification circuit, and control an output of the DC/DC converter based on the movement information and the voltage value.

    WIRELESS POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210320530A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17267996

    申请日:2019-08-14

    Abstract: A wireless power receiving device, according to the disclosure, comprises: at least one power receiving antenna for sequentially receiving a plurality of different RF waves formed by a wireless power transmitting device; a communication circuit; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to confirm a plurality of pieces of strength information that indicates the strength of each of the plurality of different RF waves, confirm a plurality of pieces of phase information corresponding to each of the plurality of different RF waves, confirm, on the basis of the plurality of pieces of strength information and the plurality of pieces of phase information, an optimum phase value such that a received RF wave has a maximum strength, and transmit a communication signal including information about the optimum phase value to the wireless power transmitting device through the communication circuit. Additional various embodiments are possible.

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